Daily Mail - 12.08.2019

Daily Mail, Monday, August 12, 2019

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ENGLAND

SUBSTITUTES

Singleton (for Launchbury 79),

Williams (Cole 53) 7, Kruis 6 (Ludlam 68),

Lawes 7 (Curry 29), Youngs 7

(Heinz 50) , Marchant (Joseph 79),

Tuilagi (Francis 74). Unused: Marler.

AVERAGE 7. 5

NO 8

WALES

AVERAGE 6.3

SUBSTITUTES

Biggar 6 (for Anscombe 34), Dee 5

(Owens 52), W Jones 6 (Smith 50), Lewis

5 (Francis 50), Ball 6 (Beard 68),

Shingler 6 (Tipuric 62), A Davies 5.5

(J Davies 53), Watkin 5.5 (Parkes 68).

BIG MATCH RATINGS

ELLIOT DALY

Sealed victory with

improvised drop goal but case

for switching position

with Watson. 6.5

LIAM WILLIAMS

Topped the metres

made in attack on either

team with slippery

breaks in attack. 7. 5

JOE COKANASIGA

Roars of excitement every

time the Fijian touched the

ball. Powerful short-

range try. 7. 5

GEORGE NORTH

Moved three tries

behind Gareth Thomas as

second highest Welsh

try scorer. 6.5

JONATHAN JOSEPH

Classy touches in attack

should ease the news of

Henry Slade wearing a

knee brace.^8

JONATHAN DAVIES

Summer gym work

paying off — handing off

defenders with the

power of a boxer.^7

PIERS FRANCIS

Big hits in defence as

England suffocated Welsh

attack with first-half line

speed. 7. 5

HADLEIGH PARKES

Caught flat-footed in

defence at times despite

being Wales’

Mr Reliable. 6.5

ANTHONY WATSON

Eye-catching takes under

high ball and impressive reads

in defence on Test

comeback.^8

JOSH ADAMS

Second defeat in 12 Tests

as a Welsh international —

both coming at

Twickenham!^6

GEORGE FORD

Played a heads-up game

to put attacking runners

through gaps inside and

outside.^8

GARETH ANSCOMBE

Demonstrated running

threat in broken play before

concerning early

knee injury. 6.5

WILLI HEINZ

Debutant slotted in

quickly with slick movement

and pass to fire up first-

phase ball carriers. 7. 5

GARETH DAVIES

Scored fine sniping try

down blindside and

scrambled in defence

when called upon. 7. 5

ELLIS GENGE

Powerful with scrum and

carrying despite having

temperament targeted

by Welsh. 8.5

NICKY SMITH

Folded in the scrum and

penalised by Raynal for

dropping knee

under pressure.^5

LUKE COWAN-DICKIE

Scored a poacher’s try

from a lineout but conceded

soft penalty in

second-half lull.^7

KEN OWENS

Poor throw selection

when he tried to pick out

Jones at the tail and

conceded try. 5.5

DAN COLE

Stripped Liam Williams in

a tackle and made yards at

the scrum to boost

selection hopes. 7. 5

TOMAS FRANCIS

Regularly marched

backwards at the scrum

despite priding himself

on anchorage.^5

JOE LAUNCHBURY

Made his weight felt

around the park with

tackles and turnovers

in defence. 6.5

ADAM BEARD

Showed some poor

handling skills in midfield after

using 6ft 9in frame to

steal lineout.^6

CHARLIE EWELS

Nuisance presence with

early charge-down as

England’s engine room

powered up. 6.5

ALUN WYN JONES

Used experience to

draw penalties from

short-fused targets in

Red Rose pack. 6.5

LEWIS LUDLAM

Instant hit after forcing

knock-on by Moriarty

with first tackle in

international rugby.^8

AARON WAINWRIGHT

Topped tackle count

with 20 hits but conceded

red zone penalty on

his own line.^7

BILLY VUNIPOLA

Upper-body strength

made him unstoppable for

close-range try, with

second disallowed.^8

ROSS MORIARTY

Unforced errors

undermined big hits to

emphasise void left by

Toby Faletau injury.^6

FULL-BACK

WING

CENTRE

CENTRE

WING

FLY-HALF

SCRUM-HALF

PROP

HOOKER

PROP

SECOND ROW

SECOND ROW

OPENSIDE

BLINDSIDE

TOM CURRY

Star performer with

clever attacking lines and

interception before

shoulder injury.^8

JUSTIN TIPURIC

Not given the time or

space to demonstrate

his unique flair

in attack.^6

By NIK

SIMON

MANSHIP

31. Due to injuries the official
    tournament squad will be
    supplemented by others
    retained as cover. On that basis,
    Jack Nowell and Brad Shields —
    both regarded as 50-50 to be fit
    by the time England play their
    last warm-up on September 6 —
    should be named, but with Lewis
    Ludlam and Ruaridh McConnochie
    also kept in the squad for now.
    There have also been injury
    scares for Tom Curry, Sam
    Underhill, Henry Slade and
    McConnochie, so there may be
    36 or 37 players asked to travel
    to Bristol today, ahead of Wales
    in Cardiff on Saturday. Squads do
    not have to be formally
    submitted to World Rugby until
    September 8, so Jones has
    plenty of wriggle-room.

THE FRAME

CHRIS FOY

Stealing in: Luke Cowan-Dickie could barely believe his luck on

the stroke of half-time as an overthrown Ken Owens lineout

(above) dropped right into his hands, allowing him to score

unchallenged (main image) before an ecstatic celebration (bottom)

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PICTURES:

ANDY

HOOPER